Hungry Horse Reservoir captures spring runoff to reduce flooding along the Flathead and Columbia River systems in Montana, Idaho, Washington & Oregon. The reservoir remains high during the summer for recreation, then the dam releases water during the fall and winter to produce electricity.
The dam was completed in 1953 and created a reservoir that stores about 3.5 million acre feet of water for later release to produce hydroelectric power. The Hungry Horse Dam generates up to 428,000 kilowatts of electricity.
A single drop of Hungry Horse water travels more than 1,100 miles from the Montana mountains to the Pacific Ocean. Along the way, this water produces electricity at many more dams downstream.
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